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The ears and eyes of your pump network When a pipe bursts, you will be the first to know. As equipment succumbs to wear and tear, you’ll have time to plan maintenance. As renovation projects draw near...

From January 1st, 2012, Analox Sensor Technology (UK) is relaunching its popular Analox 3000 range of industrial transmitters. The range was withdrawn in April 2010 when parts became difficult to sour...

JULABO heating and refrigerated circulators are applied worldwide for temperature control in research, science, laboratories, technical centers and processing industries. The current JULABO circulator...

Russia may be putting safety at risk by increasing their oil production, it has been claimed. According to national newspaper Izvestia, thousands of health and safety violations have been uncovered i...

Benzene remains an important industrial chemical, but is well known as extremely hazardous and recognised as a carcinogen. Legislation across the globe has been put in place to ensure exposure of benz...

Brazil Chevron's Frade field oil leak is still ongoing, with managers unable to give a precise timescale for bringing it under control. The leak first began last month in the Campos Basin oil refiner...

The AMOT (UK) Metal Particle Detector (MPD) alerts operators to perform oil condition checks to determine machinery health status. It is an on-line continuous wear debris monitor that signals the pres...

VERTILAS (Germany) announces that the product line of laser diodes for sensing applications has now been extended with lasers featuring higher optical power. These new VCSELs provide up to 100 % more...

The Mil-Ram Technology (USA) presents its Gas Alarm Single Channel Gas Detector for Toxic, Oxygen, VOC and LEL Combustible Gas Detection. Hundreds of different gases can be detected utilising several...

InTech, December 2011
By Dr. Angela Summers
This article examines various safety system architectures and shows process plant users how to pick the best solution to fit their specific needs.